Meg Ryan Attached to Star in HBO's "The Best Awful"

Meg Ryan is attached to star in "The Best Awful," an HBO miniseries adaptation of the Carrie Fisher novel.

Hollywood movie darling Meg Ryan has been attached by HBO to star in its new miniseries, "The Best Awful."

The project, an adaptation of the Carrie Fisher's best-selling novel "Postcards From the Edge," will have the likes of Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks and Richard LaGravenese, all to give hand at producing along with Ryan and Fisher.

As for the book, it tells the story of a bipolar, ex-actress, celebrity talk show host with a 6-year-old daughter, a gay ex-husband, an aging movie star mother and an unshakable will to survive. Her post-divorce trauma leads her back to the use of prescription drugs, a wild trip to Mexico with her tattoo artist and, ultimately, a rehab clinic.